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Rose​-​Colored Rearview

from Blindsided by Mark Erelli

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Mark Erelli - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jamie Dick - drums, percussion
Zachariah Hickman - electric bass
Sadler Vaden - electric guitars
Kai Welch - piano, Hammond organ

lyrics

There was a time
We all watched the same screen
Springsteen was mainstream
Everybody had a hungry heart
There was a time
We weren’t rich but you could make a living
A 40-hour week and a two-day weekend
could get you pretty far

Was there a time
Or was it only in my mind
When everything seemed simpler
And we all sat down for dinner every night
Or am I only looking through
This rose-colored rearview

There was a time
This town felt like family
I could ride my bike down any street
and somebody always knew my name
There was a time
Before the mill pulled out and pills moved in
When we didn’t need no medicine
to take away the pain

(CHORUS)

There was a time
We all pledged allegiance
And we thought we knew what we meant
When we stood and faced the flag
Are we blind
Lost in some nostalgic haze
Only white men miss the good ole’ days
that ain’t coming back

Was there a time
Or was it only in my mind
When everything seemed simpler
And we all sat down for dinner
And we all watched the same screen
But we didn’t see the same thing
Maybe all that’s in the mirror
Was never close as it appeared
Like the way the truth can seem so black and white
After all our looking through
This rose-colored rearview

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from Blindsided, released March 27, 2020
written by Mark Erelli (Hillbilly Pilgrim Music/ASCAP) & Luther Child (Mermine Music/SESAC)

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"You know those artists who release a great first record and then have enormous trouble following it up with anything as interesting? Yeah, that’s not Mark Erelli." -Red Line Roots

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